The importance of RADARSAT-2 imagery in monitoring river ice cover characteristics and behaviour

Karl Erich Lindenschmidt; Apurba Das; Jay Sagin

doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946643

The importance of RADARSAT-2 imagery in monitoring river ice cover characteristics and behaviour

Karl Erich Lindenschmidt, Apurba Das, Jay Sagin

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Abstract

Past attempts have been made to predict ice cover characteristics and behavior along rivers, both during at freeze-up and breakup conditions; however these attempts perform with varying success and are for the most part site specific. This research introduces a geospatial modelling approach which can fulfil the task of improving the predictive power of river freeze-up and ice cover breakup events. A geospatial model clusters discretized sections of a river that have similar geomorphological (e.g. sinuosity, slope, width, etc.) and ice cover (e.g. ice thickness and type) features under certain hydraulic and meteorological conditions using a multi-variant statistical clustering technique such as the principle component analysis. These clusters can then be grouped into Geomorphic Response Units, each representing a particular set of ice cover characteristics and behavior along the river. RADARSAT-2 imagery and field sampling complement the work to help in the development of the geospatial model. The Slave River in Canada is used as a test site.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1186-1189
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479957750
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946643
Publication status	Published - Nov 4 2014
Event	Joint 2014 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2014 and the 35th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, CSRS 2014 - Quebec City, Canada Duration: Jul 13 2014 → Jul 18 2014

Publication series

Name	International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Other

Other	Joint 2014 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2014 and the 35th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, CSRS 2014
Country	Canada
City	Quebec City
Period	7/13/14 → 7/18/14

Keywords

RADARSAT-2
Slave River
geomorphic response units
geospatial modelling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Science Applications
Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)

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Lindenschmidt, K. E., Das, A., & Sagin, J. (2014). The importance of RADARSAT-2 imagery in monitoring river ice cover characteristics and behaviour. In International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) (pp. 1186-1189). [6946643] (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946643

The importance of RADARSAT-2 imagery in monitoring river ice cover characteristics and behaviour. / Lindenschmidt, Karl Erich; Das, Apurba; Sagin, Jay.

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. p. 1186-1189 6946643 (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Lindenschmidt, KE, Das, A & Sagin, J 2014, The importance of RADARSAT-2 imagery in monitoring river ice cover characteristics and behaviour. in International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)., 6946643, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1186-1189, Joint 2014 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2014 and the 35th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, CSRS 2014, Quebec City, Canada, 7/13/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946643

Lindenschmidt KE, Das A, Sagin J. The importance of RADARSAT-2 imagery in monitoring river ice cover characteristics and behaviour. In International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2014. p. 1186-1189. 6946643. (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)). https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946643

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